Guessiguié

Guessiguié
Town and sub-prefecture
Guessiguié Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 5°44′N 4°14′W / 5.733°N 4.233°W / 5.733; -4.233Coordinates: 5°44′N 4°14′W / 5.733°N 4.233°W / 5.733; -4.233
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Lagunes
Region	Agnéby-Tiassa
Department	Agboville
Population (2014)^[1]
• Total	21,911
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Guessiguié is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Agboville Department in Agnéby-Tiassa Region, Lagunes District. The town is divided into two halves, Guessiguié I and Guessiguié II. The town is 15 kilometres north of the border of Abidjan Autonomous District.

Guessiguié was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.^[2]

References

↑ "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
↑ "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours", news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.

Departments and sub-prefectures of Agnéby-Tiassa Region, Lagunes District

Regional seat: Agboville

Agboville Department	Aboudé Ananguié Agboville* Attobrou Azaguié* Céchi Grand-Morié Guessiguié Loviguié Oress-Krobou Rubino*

Sikensi Department	Gomon Sikensi*

Taabo Department	Pacobo Taabo*

Tiassalé Department	Gbolouville Morokro N'Douci Tiassalé*

* also a commune

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